Quiz: Chapters 1-11
A dramatic foil is a relationship between two characters that is used to contrast their actions, thoughts, motives, etc. Tom Sawyer can be seen as a foil to Huck Finn. Based on the first three chapters, what are the differences between the two making them a foil to one another?
Why might Huck feel that his only option is escape from the only homes he has known—with the widow and with Pap? What does life with the widow represent to him? What does life with Pap represent to him?
At the end of chapter nine, Huck says, “We got home all safe” (Twain 51). What “home” is Huck referring to? What does this imply about his feelings towards his current situation? Feelings towards Jim?
Quiz: Chapters 12-18
1. A character is a person who figures in the action of a literary work. A
one-dimensional character or flat character is one who exhibits a single
dominant quality. A three-dimensional, full, or rounded character is one who
exhibits the complexity of traits associated with actual human beings. Through
chapters 12-16, Huck and Jim (for the most part) have solely been in the company
of each other. We begin to learn a little bit more about each of them based on
their interaction and dialogue as they float down the river. Please describe
what we learn of Jim and how he begins to become a three-dimensional character.
2. Satire is humorous writing or speech intended to point out errors,
falsehoods, foibles, or failings. It is written for the purpose of reforming
human behavior or human institutions. What instances of satire can you find in
chapters 17 and 18? What could be the author’s intention in satirizing feuding
families or the poetic Emmeline?
Quiz: Chapters 19-30 (The questions are getting harder!!!)
In chapter 22, read the section that begins with "'Do I know you? I know you clear through" and ends with "--tossing his gun up across his left arm and cocking it when he says this" (Twain 148). Then, in your response, determine Twain's shift in style/voice as it relates to Colonel Sherburn.
At the end of chapter 23, read the section that begins, "I went to sleep, and Jim didn't call me" and ends with "en I'd been a-treat'n her so!" (Twain 157). Then, in your response, determine first how Twain is able to stimulate affect (ah-fect) in his audience and second for what purpose.
Quiz: Chapters 24-30
Read the selection in chapter 26 beginning, "''Honest injun, now, hain't you been telling me a lot of lies?'" and ends with "because the doctor maybe hasn't let up as much as he lets on he has; he might scare them out of here yet" (Twain 176-7). Then, in your response, determine Huck's moral attitude towards women.